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Re:Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Go... by dnautics on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:41AM (#24133153)
why is this downvoted? Without getting into a debate about what true objectivity is and whether or not it exists, In the US, the majority of laws are objective; and it's the application of those laws that is subjective.

This could be an issue of articles: Laws are objective; the law is subjective.

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Re:Court dismisses Genius lawsuit over lyrics-scraping by Go... by Supermancho on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:09PM (#24134945)
Laws consist of literal syntax, but that does not make a Law "objective". Wittgenstein made issue of the fallability of the English language. English is not a special case (just the applicable one).

To whit, a Law does not always describing discrete actions and consequences.

To say a Law is Objective is not saying anything, because the Law is necessarily interpreted in any frame of reference. A single Law is necessarily subjective and following this, The Law in aggregate is subjective.

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